¹He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

¹አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ፥ እንዲያወጡአቸው በርኩሳን መናፍስት ላይ ደዌንና ሕማምንም ሁሉ እንዲፈውሱ ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው።

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

²የአሥራ ሁለቱም ሐዋርያት ስም ይህ ነው፤ መጀመሪያው ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን ወንድሙ እንድርያስም፥ የዘብዴዎስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ወንድሙ ዮሐንስም፥

³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was NU omits “Lebbaeus, whose surname was” Thaddaeus;

³ፊልጶስም በርተሎሜዎስም፥ ቶማስም ቀራጩ ማቴዎስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ታዴዎስም የተባለው ልብድዮስ፥

⁴Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁴ቀነናዊውም ስምዖን ደግሞም አሳልፎ የሰጠው የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁵Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁵እነዚህን አሥራ ሁለቱን ኢየሱስ ላካቸው፥ አዘዛቸውም፥ እንዲህም አለ። በአሕዛብ መንገድ አትሂዱ፥ ወደ ሳምራውያንም ከተማ አትግቡ፤

⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁶ይልቅስ የእስራኤል ቤት ወደሚሆኑ ወደ ጠፉት በጎች ሂዱ እንጂ።

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

⁷ሄዳችሁም። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለች ብላችሁ ስበኩ።

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers TR adds “, raise the dead” , and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁸ድውዮችን ፈውሱ፤ ሙታንን አስነሡ፤ ለምጻሞችን አንጹ፤ አጋንንትን አውጡ፤ በከንቱ ተቀበላችሁ፥ በከንቱ ስጡ።

⁹ Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

⁹ወርቅ ወይም ብር ወይም ናስ በመቀነታችሁ፥

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹⁰ወይም ለመንገድ ከረጢት ወይም ሁለት እጀ ጠባብ ወይም ጫማ ወይም በትር አታግኙ፤ ለሠራተኛ ምግቡ ይገባዋልና።

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

¹¹በምትገቡባትም በማናቸይቱም ከተማ ወይም መንደር፥ በዚያ የሚገባው ማን እንደ ሆነ በጥንቃቄ መርምሩ፤ እስክትወጡም ድረስ በዚያ ተቀመጡ።

¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹²ወደ ቤትም ስትገቡ ሰላምታ ስጡ፤

¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹³ቤቱም የሚገባው ቢሆን ሰላማችሁ ይድረስለት፤ ባይገባው ግን ሰላማችሁ ይመለስላችሁ።

¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

¹⁴ከማይቀበላችሁም ቃላችሁንም ከማይሰሙ ሁሉ፥ ከዚያ ቤት ወይም ከዚያች ከተማ ስትወጡ የእግራችሁን ትቢያ አራግፉ።

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶምና ለገሞራ አገር ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁶እነሆ፥ እኔ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ፤ ስለዚህ እንደ እባብ ልባሞች እንደ ርግብም የዋሆች ሁኑ።

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ወደ ሸንጎ አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ በምኩራቦቻቸውም ይገርፉአችኋልና ከሰዎች ተጠበቁ፤

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁸ለእነርሱና ለአሕዛብም ምስክር እንዲሆን፥ ስለ እኔ ወደ ገዥዎች ወደ ነገሥታትም ትወሰዳላችሁ።

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

¹⁹አሳልፈውም ሲሰጡአችሁ፥ የምትናገሩት በዚያች ሰዓት ይሰጣችኋልና እንዴት ወይስ ምን እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²⁰በእናንተ የሚናገር የአባታችሁ መንፈስ ነው እንጂ፥ የምትናገሩ እናንተ አይደላችሁምና።

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²¹ወንድምም ወንድሙን፥ አባትም ልጁን ለሞት አሳልፎ ይሰጣል፥ ልጆችም በወላጆቻቸው ላይ ይነሣሉ ይገድሉአቸውማል።

²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²²በሁሉም ስለ ስሜ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ፤ እስከ መጨረሻ የሚጸና ግን እርሱ ይድናል።

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

²³በአንዲቱ ከተማም መከራ ቢያሳዩአችሁ ወደ ሌላይቱ ሽሹ፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁና፥ የሰው ልጅ እስኪመጣ ድረስ የእስራኤልን ከተማዎች አትዘልቁም።

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

²⁴ደቀ መዝሙር ከመምህሩ፥ ባሪያም ከጌታው አይበልጥም።

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁵ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ መምህሩ፥ ባሪያም እንደ ጌታው መሆኑ ይበቃዋል። ባለቤቱን ብዔል ዜቡል ካሉት፥ ቤተሰዎቹንማ እንዴት አብዝተው አይሉአቸው!

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

²⁶እንግዲህ አትፍሩአቸው፤ የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለምና።

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁷በጨለማ የምነግራችሁን በብርሃን ተናገሩ፤ በጆሮም የምትሰሙትን በሰገነት ላይ ስበኩ።

²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. or, Hell.

²⁸ሥጋንም የሚገድሉትን ነፍስን ግን መግደል የማይቻላቸውን አትፍሩ፤ ይልቅስ ነፍስንም ሥጋንም በገሃነም ሊያጠፋ የሚቻለውን ፍሩ።

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. ? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

²⁹ሁለት ድንቢጦች በአምስት ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ያለ አባታችሁ ፈቃድ በምድር ላይ አትወድቅም።

³⁰ but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³⁰የእናንተስ የራሳችሁ ጠጉር ሁሉ እንኳ ተቈጥሮአል።

³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³¹እንግዲህ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች እናንተ ትበልጣላችሁ።

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³²ስለዚህ በሰው ፊት ለሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እመሰክርለታለሁ፤

³³ But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³³በሰው ፊትም የሚክደኝን ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እክደዋለሁ።

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁴በምድር ላይ ሰላምን ለማምጣት የመጣሁ አይምሰላችሁ፤ ሰይፍን እንጂ ሰላምን ለማምጣት አልመጣሁም።

³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁵ሰውን ከአባቱ፥ ሴት ልጅንም ከእናትዋ፥ ምራትንም ከአማትዋ እለያይ ዘንድ መጥቻለሁና፤

³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. Micah 7:6

³⁶ለሰውም ቤተ ሰዎቹ ጠላቶች ይሆኑበታል።

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

³⁷ከእኔ ይልቅ አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤ ከእኔ ይልቅም ወንድ ልጁን ወይም ሴት ልጁን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

³⁸መስቀሉንም የማይዝ በኋላዬም የማይከተለኝ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም።

³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

³⁹ነፍሱን የሚያገኝ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም ስለ እኔ የሚያጠፋ ያገኛታል።

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴⁰እናንተን የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፥ እኔንም የሚቀበል የላከኝን ይቀበላል።

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴¹ነቢይን በነቢይ ስም የሚቀበል የነቢይን ዋጋ ይወስዳል፥ ጻድቅንም በጻድቅ ስም የሚቀበል የጻድቁን ዋጋ ይወስዳል።

⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

⁴²ማንም ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ ለአንዱ ቀዝቃዛ ጽዋ ውኃ ብቻ በደቀ መዝሙር ስም የሚያጠጣ፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ዋጋው አይጠፋበትም።